Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that central govt is "working in a biased manner."

"Even today he (PM) did not make any announcement on ERCP (Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project). He is not raising the issues of people...No Confidence Motion is being brought by the Opposition but he has kept 'Maun vrat' on the issue of Manipur. We all want that there should be a discussion on this... The central government is working in a biased manner. As elections are approaching, there will be more such political speeches rather than talking about development works," said Pilot.

The prime minister on Thursday laid the foundation stone and dedicated a series of transformative development projects in Sikar, Rajasthan.

The projects unveiled encompassed diverse sectors, aimed at empowering farmers, bolstering agriculture, advancing medical infrastructure and preserving Rajasthan's rich cultural heritage.

Furthermore, speaking on the BJP's demand to unveil the 'red diary', Pilot said, "the BJP has no issue left to talk about. They failed at the Centre. They failed in Rajasthan as the opposition. They are involved in quarrels. I believe that the Congress will form governments in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Madhya Pradesh".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday exchanged jibes over the red diary that a sacked state minister claims records financial misdeeds of the CM and his colleagues.

Addressing a rally in Sikar, Modi called the diary a product of the loot ki dukan run by the Congress.

After the event, Gehlot accused the prime minister of real loot for selling the red (cooking gas) cylinder for Rs 1,150, complaining also about the price of red tomatoes.

Congress MLA Rajendra Gudha had tried to table a red diary in the assembly, a day after he was sacked as a minister for criticising his own government's record on law and order.

 

Ex-minister Gudha had claimed that Gehlot had asked him to retrieve a red diary from the home of Congress leader Dharmendra Rathore during a raid there by the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department in 2020.